Korean War
Service # | 55024014 |
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Rank | Corporal U.S. Army |
Date of Death | August 9 1951 |
Korean Service Medal
National Defense Service Medal
United Nations Service Medal
Combat Infantryman Badge
Corporal Lang was awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal and the Korean War Service Medal.
Notes
Corporal Lang was a member of Company I, 3rd Battalion, 19th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. On August 9, 1951, he was in a truck crossing a swollen river near Myong-jol, South Korea, when the truck overturned and he drowned.